Method for measuring zygomycota and reagent kit for measuring zygomycota
AssigneeSeikagaku Corporation
InventorsMaki Aizawa, Koichi Makimura
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide means for correctly measuring zygomycota. The present inventors have found that conventionally difficult zygomycota measurement can be performed through subjecting an untreated specimen to an acid treatment. The present invention provides a method for measuring zygomycota, the method including measuring zygomycota in a specimen that was subjected to an acid treatment; an agent for preparing a specimen for measurement of zygomycota; a method for preparing a specimen for measurement of zygomycota; and a reagent kit for measuring zygomycota.
Claims8
A method for detecting zygomycosis, the method comprising:
- adjusting pH of a specimen derived from an animal to 6 or lower by an acid treatment, and
- measuring zygomycota by measuring chitosan in the specimen by immunoassay, thereby detecting zygomycosis,
- wherein the zygomycosis is mucormycosis or entomophthoramycosis, and
- wherein the entomophthoramycosis is caused by a fungus belonging to Basidiobolus ranarum.
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